Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Why Would Biden Put a Republican in His Cabinet?

Admittedly, the Commerce Department is low stakes.

December 18, 2020 at 12:38 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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There’s speculation that President-elect Joe Biden will use his secretary of Commerce nomination to, as The Hill reports, reach out to the business community — possibly by selecting a Republican. What’s the deal with that?